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Cal. Pub. Util. Code § 234 — General Provisions and Definitions

Cal. Pub. Util. Code § 234

Type
Statute
Source
California Public Utilities Code
Jurisdiction
California
Date
1996-01-01
Current through
Nov 2, 2026 (California Legislative Counsel)

(a) “Telephone corporation” includes every corporation or person owning, controlling, operating, or managing any telephone line for compensation within this state.

Citator

Cal. Pub. Util. Code § 234 — General Provisions and Definitions is in force in the current edition of the Code, and nothing recorded condemns it.

(a) “Telephone corporation” includes every corporation or person owning, controlling, operating, or managing any telephone line for compensation within this state.

(b) “Telephone corporation” does not include any of the following:

(1) Any hospital, hotel, motel, or similar place of temporary accommodation owning or operating message switching or billing equipment solely for the purpose of reselling services provided by a telephone corporation to its patients or guests.

(2) Any one-way paging service utilizing facilities that are licensed by the Federal Communications Commission, including, but not limited to, narrowband personal communications services described in Subpart D (commencing with Section 24.100) of Part 24 of Title 47 of the Code of Federal Regulations, as in effect on June 13, 1995.